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Liberia: Female Diplomat Risks Deportation
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The Analyst (Monrovia)
9 May 2008
Posted to the web 9 May 2008
It has been brought to the attention of this media institution the plight of a well-trained Liberian female diplomat, Madam Kakayee James, is at stake and risks deportation if she loses ongoing investigations into her alleged role in procuring a Liberian Diplomatic passport.
Currently residing in the United States, Madam Kakayee is undergoing investigation by the US Immigration Department based on charges of procuring Liberian diplomatic passport and diplomatic visa through fraudulent means.
According to information gathered, if the Liberian government does not intervene, she would be deported to Liberia soon.
Madam James, a 2004 graduate of the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute, was appointed Second Secretary to the Liberian Permanent Mission in New York, USA in 2005 by then Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Abel Momolu Massalay during the period of the erstwhile National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL).
There are no indications that Madam James is indeed a Liberian diplomat who has done nothing wrong that violates the US Immigration laws, but only needs the Letter of Commission to prove and legitimize her diplomatic passport and appointment as Second Secretary and subsequently enable her assume her duty as such.
The female diplomat is therefore calling on the Liberian government, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to kindly consider her Plight and take the necessary measures in order to address this crucial matter.
At the same time, the Liberian diplomat said since her appointment and subsequent assignment in New York, the Liberian government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is yet to serve her with a commissioning letter.
According to her, this is hindering her efforts to contribute towards the process of rebuilding Liberia's image abroad, which was destroyed because of the prolonged civil war.
She said she is deeply troubled by the continued silence and lack of interest in protecting and legitimizing her status as Second Secretary to the Liberian mission by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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In other news, Madam James has again appealed to Senator Abel M. Massalay, Senior Senator of Grand Cape Mount County and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to have the affidavit he prepared on her behalf sworn and Notarized at the United States Embassy in Monrovia as per the U.S. Immigration Court's request.
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